Vocabulary
Having unrestricted power
Absolute
What was the name of the palace that Louis XIV built?
Versailles Palace
Peter is considered the father of this branch of the military.
Navy
A set of written principles or rules used to govern a state.
Constitution
Late 17th-18th century intellectual movement that emphasized reason and individualism.
The Enlightenment
Dramatic and wide-reaching change in people's ideas about something
Revolution
Louis centralized his power by making who live in the palace with him?
Nobles or nobility
Peter moved the Russian capitol from Moscow to this city.
St. Petersburg
This disease ravaged the European continent in 1347.
The Black Death
The palace at Versailles cost around 600 million livres in the late 1600's, what is the estimated equivalent of that in today's money?
Around $780 million
To give greater knowledge or understanding about something
Enlighten
Louis rule for how many years?
72 years
In an effort to "westernize" Russia, Peter instituted this tax on men.
Beard tax
This was the second part of the journey during the Atlantic slave trade (Triangle Trade).
The Middle Passage
The word "tsar" or "czar" is the Russian word for what?
Caesar (emperor or king)
A king or a queen
Monarch or monarchy
Louis XIV was also known by what title?
The Sun King
Peter made most Russian peasant into this to help him build his projects and serve in the military.
Serfs
An eyewitness account of an event is considered what type of source.
Primary source
What was the name of the elite Russian guards who guarded the czars?
Streltsy (streltsi)
Belief that God has given a ruler their power
Divine right
Louis XIV largely ignored this French law making body.
Estates General or French Parliament
Peter defeated this country which gave him control of the Baltic Sea.
Sweden
He painted the Sistine Chapel during the Renaissance.
Michelangelo
King William and Queen Mary established the English Bill of Rights meaning that this governing body was now stronger than the king and queen.
Parliament